Petitioning the Empty Sky

Infobox Album |
Name = Petitioning the Empty Sky
Type = studio
Artist = Converge


Released = January 20, 1998
Recorded =
Genre = Mathcore
Length = 44.17
Label = Equal Vision
Producer = Brian McTernan
Reviews =
Last album = "Caring and Killing"
(1997)
This album = "Petitioning the Empty Sky"
(1998)
Next album = "When Forever Comes Crashing"
(1998)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption =
Background = orange


Lower caption = 2005 re-released artwork

"Petitioning the Empty Sky" is the second full length release by Massachusetts band Converge. It was their first CD to be released by Equal Vision Records. The CD was re-released in a remastered format and with new artwork by Aaron Turner of ISIS fame, and a bonus track in 2005.

Tracks nine through eleven - For You, Antithesis, and Homesong - were recorded live during a performance on radio station WJUL, run by college students at UMass Lowell.

A notable moment on one of the live tracks is when a band member hits his head on a microphone stand.

The original CD release on Ferret Records features a hidden, untitled song at the end of "Antithesis", which is actually "Homesong" contrary to the tracklist. Although the obvious conclusion would be that it is the two aforementioned songs put together on one track, that is not true. The hidden song is an additional song.

Track listing

# "The Saddest Day" – 7:05
# "Forsaken" – 2:20
# "Albatross" – 1:49
# "Dead" – 3:05
# "Shingles" – 4:13
# "Buried But Breathing" – 1:11
# "Farewell Note to This City" – 5:20
# "Color Me Blood Red" – 3:57
# "For You" (live) – 2:44
# "Antithesis" (live) – 5:39
# "Homesong" (live) – 7:06
# "Love As Arson" (alternate version) – 3:02
* Love As Arson is a re-release bonus track